Mesa
Verde "Getaway"
in the Four Corners - Mancos, CO
38890 Hwy 184
Mancos, CO 81328
866-529-2480
Links - our friends and neighbors
Archaeology in our area:
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Mesa Verde National Park is open all year. In addition,
visitors are encouraged to enjoy the many other activities available in Mesa Verde Country - the
archaeological center of America and a great sample of the west. - Anasazi Heritage Center Museum, Dolores, CO, 970-882-4811, open daily 9-5, includes museum and two archaeological sites - admission $3/adult.
- Cortez Cultural Center, Cortez, CO, 970-565-1151, Open Monday-Saturday, 10-10. During the summer, Indian Dances at 7:30 and Cultural Programs at 8:30, Free!
- Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, CO, 970-565-8975, Day Programs Wednesday and Thursday, reservations required. $50/ adult includes lunch.
- Hovenweep National Monument - south and west of Cortez, 970-562-4282, Open daily 8-5, $6/car, access through McElmo Canyon Road or Dove Creek. Beautiful towers and remote archaeological sites.
- Talking Stones Tours - If you liked Mesa Verde, you will love these tours: regular tours or custom all day tours of petroglyph panels, ruin sites, dinosaur tracks, museums, wild flowers, wildlife -- incredible sites most people don't even know exist.
- Ute Mountain Tribal Park, Towaoc, CO, 970-565-9653, Open daily for full-day and half-day tours, reservations required. Tours start at 8:30 am. Cliff dwellings like those found in Mesa Verde National Park.
- Lowry Pueblo, North and West of Cortez, 970-882-4811, open daily, Free, large Pueblo community and a Great Kiva, part of Canyons of the Ancients National Monument
Cowboy things:
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Rimrock Outfitters Want
to get in touch with the old west? Before cars, there were horses
and stagecoaches and wagons. Lynn and Perry operate just east of Mancos, ready to take you in the mountains on horseback or coach. Open 7 days a week. - Canyon Trails Ranch: Visit ancient ruins and learn the history of the Puebloan people via horseback! Canyon Trails Ranch offers scenic Colorado backcountry horseback rides in spectacular McElmo Canyon.
- Bartel's Stage Coach Ride: Take an authentic trip into scenic Weber Canyon and you'll KNOW you've experienced a bit of the REAL WEST riding our authentic stage coach and possibly enjoying our lunch or dinner!
- High Country Elk Adventure: Well, not quite cowboy, but an interesting alternate. 3 hour tours ($40-65) through a 1500 acre preserve and research center.
Photography:
- Tips on making great photos in Mesa Verde
Area Links
- Proud member of the Mesa Verde B and Bs
- Durango: 30 miles (and minutes) east of Sundance Bear -- chamber of commerce and tourism
- Mancos: 4 miles southeast of Sundance Bear -- town and chamber of commerce
- Dolores: 15 miles northwest of Sundance Bear -- chamber of commerce
- Montezuma County calendar of events and elsewhere in the region
- Southwest Colorado travel guide
- And of course, all of Colorado
Help on getting here:
- If you are traveling through Albuquerque on you way here or back, check
out these "way stations", sister B&Bs in the area:
Chocolate Turtle Bed and
Breakfast,
Sandhill Crane Bed and Breakfast
“Southwest Colorado is fast becoming one of my favorite getaways. Your hospitality makes a special place even more special. The tranquility seems to spread over everything. (Larry)"